Not only will worms not survive inside a sealed septic tank, they will not travel freely to the leach lines, and they will not eat up a clog of septic sludge. If you have drain fielddrain fieldThe drain field typically consists of an arrangement of trenches containing perforated pipes and porous material (often gravel) covered by a layer of soil to prevent animals (and surface runoff) from reaching the wastewater distributed within those trenches.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Septic_drain_fieldSeptic drain field - Wikipedia problems, worms will not fix it.
Are septic tank worms worth it?
The right earthworms can make home septic systems work better. The wrong ones could do the opposite. That's the finding in a study of worm populations living in the soil near trenches receiving septic tank flow outside five single family homes. The right earthworms can make home septic systems work better.Jul 23, 2008
What worms live in septic tanks?
- Cryptosporidium Parvum. Cryptosporidium parvum is a parasitic worm that causes cryptosporidiosis (or crypto), a disease of the intestinal track. ...
- Tapeworms. Tapeworms, or cestoda, are parasitic worms that live in the intestinal track and other body parts of mammals. ...
- Roundworms.